Concept of PRT (was PING William Mook and Scott Lowther)


<Willie.Mookie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Building special roadways and special
motive technology - maglev - is a way
to increase the cost and complexity
of this technology.

It need not be.

Please read up on the concept of PRT.

Most PRT designs are NOT maglev. Special grade-separated rail lines allow
for a low profile (important for elevated systems) and near total safety (if
automated, which by definition PRT is) plus high capacity due to headways of
a fraction of a second. Expensive ramps (and overpasses and underpasses)
are simply unnecessary. Since vehicles come to you within a few minutes,
the need for parking (and the tremendous resulting space requirements) are
greatly reduced, that is, you do not need to own your own vehicle. The cost
of vehicles (which can be in constant use) becomes unimportant. Also, these
systems are lighter, so above-grade access to and from current multi-story
buildings has a negligible effect on structural loads (this is also
important).


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